MagicPoint

MagicPoint is one of several open-source presentation programs,[2] often used to produce slides for conferences.[3] Unlike most presentation programs, such as Microsoft PowerPoint, where a GUI is used to create slides, MagicPoint slides are created by writing text files using a simple markup language. The resulting file is then displayed with MagicPoint's X11-based viewer.

MagicPoint
Developer(s)WIDE Project
Stable release
1.13a / February 13, 2008 (2008-02-13)
Operating systemAny Unix-like
TypePresentation program
LicenseBSD license[1]
Websitehttp://member.wide.ad.jp/wg/mgp/

History

MagicPoint was originally created in the autumn of 1997, at a WIDE Project camp. It was originally known as tp, standing for TinyPoint,[4] but in December the name was changed to MagicPoint.[5]

Features
  • Content is written in text files and formatting is indicated by text features. For example, different level bullet points can be created by simply indenting the text with tabs[6]
  • Many image formats are supported[7]
  • Slides can be scaled to different screen sizes[8]
  • External applications can be executed from inside the presentation[9]
  • A talk timer and slide guide are included[7]
  • Presentations can be exported to HTML or PostScript files.[10]

Another feature of MagicPoint is the ability to draw on slides during a presentation.[2] By pressing x on the keyboard, the slide can temporarily be scribbled on with red "ink".[9] Shift x allows you to cycle through other pen colours.

References
  1. FSF Directory
  2. Using Linux for Presentations Mini-HOWTO
  3. List of MagicPoint presentation by Google
  4. MagicPoint man page
  5. Jun-ichiro itojun Hagino: itojun's pictorial diary Archived 2007-04-14 at the Wayback Machine
  6. The Grumpy Editor's guide to presentation programs [LWN.net]
  7. David MacKay: Useful stuff: Magicpoint
  8. MGP Toolbox
  9. Warwick University GNU/Linux User Group Article
  10. (Linux) Event HOWTO
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